Littleton Middle School Summer Reading Requirement Grades 6-8

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1 Littleton Middle School Summer Reading Requirement Grades 6-8 Over the summer we encourage you to read as many books as you have time and interest to read. Reading is a wonderful way to escape a hot, humid summer afternoon and to travel anywhere a good author can take you. Included in this packet are the three grade- level summer reading lists. Also, included is a story map note taking sheet to help you remember the details of the books you read, if you want to use it. Required Reading Assignment: You are required to read AT LEAST TWO BOOKS from your grade level reading list. You may access the summer reading book and response lists by visiting Remember to learn more about each book title: visit click on What Do I Read Next? on the left menu, then click on the Books & Authors icon. Type the title in the search bar and read the summary. :) When you return in September, you will be required to complete an in -class project, based on one of these books, chosen by your teacher. We look forward to you sharing your summer reading experiences.

2 6th Grade Summer Reading List Alexander, Kwame- The Crossover (Sports/ in Verse) Applet, Kathi- The Underneath (Fantasy/Adventure) Auxler, Jonathan- Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Adventure/Fantasy) Burdsall, Anne- The Penderwicks (Realistic ) Buyea, Rob- Because of Mr. Terupt (Realistic ) Draper, Sharon- Out of My Mind (Realistic ) Draper, Sharon-Stella by Starlight Funke, Cornelia- The Thief Lord or Inkheart (Fantasy/Adventure) Goldblatt, Mark- Twerp (Realistic ) Hiaasen, Carl- Chomp (Realistic ) House, Silas, and Neela Vaswani- Same Sun Here (Realistic ) Korman, Gordon- No More Dead Dogs (Humor) Levine, Gail- Ella Enchanted (Fantasy) Lloyd, Natalie- A Snicker of Magic (Fantasy) Lupica, Mike- Summer Ball (Sports ) O Connor, Barbara- How to Steal a Dog (Realistic ) Senzai, N.H.- Shooting Kabul (Historical/Realistic ) Stead, Rebecca- Liar and Spy (Mystery) Williams-Garcia, Rita- One Crazy Summer (Historical/Realistic ) Graphic Novels Colfer, Eoin- Artemis Fowl (Fantasy) Collins, Suzanne - Gregor the Overlander - Book 1 in The Underland Chronicles (Fantasy) DuPrau, Jeanne- City of Ember (Fantasy) Haddix, Margaret- The Shadow Children (Mystery) Horowitz, Anthony- Alex Rider (Adventure/Mystery) Jacques, Brian- Redwall (Fantasy) Riordan, Rick- Percy Jackson (Fantasy) Rowling, J.K.- Harry Potter (Fantasy) Blumenthal, Karen- Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different Colman, Penny- Rosie the Riveter Fleischman, Sid- Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini Flowers, Pam- Alone Across the Arctic: One Woman s Epic Journey by Dog Team Freedman, Russell- Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass Helfer, Ralph- Mosey: the Remarkable Friendship of a Boy and his Elephant Kidd, C.- Go: A Kidd s Guide to Graphic Design Murphy, Jim- Blizzard! Woodson, Jacqueline- Brown Girl Dreaming Yousafzai, Malala- I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) Telgemeier, Raina, Drama Telgemeier, Raina-Sisters

3 7th Grade Summer Reading List Alexander, Kwame- The Crossover (Sports/ in Verse) Avi- The Man Who Was Poe (Mystery) Bauer, Joan- Hope Was Here (Realistic ) Bauer, Joan- Squashed (Realistic ) Farmer, Nancy- A Girl Named Disaster (Adventure/) Funke, Cornelia- The Thief Lord or Inkheart (Fantasy/Adventure) Green, Tim- Baseball Great (Sports ) Hesse, Karen- Out of the Dust (Historical ) Hobbs, Will- Leaving Protection (Suspense/Adventure) Howe, James- Misfits (Realistic ) Lupica, Mike- Travel Team (Sports ) McCughrean, Geraldine- The Kite Rider (Historical ) Myers, Walter Dean- Slam! (Sports ) Rinaldi, Ann- A Break with Charity: A Story About the Salem Witch Trials (Historical ) Schmidt, Gary- Wednesday Wars (Realistic ) Sleator, William- Duplicate (Science ) Sleator, William- Interstellar Pig (Science ) Stead, Rebecca- When You Reach Me (Fantasy) Spinelli, Jerry- Crash (Realistic ) Colfer, Eoin- Artemis Fowl (Fantasy) Collins, Suzanne- The Hunger Games (Science ) DuPrau, Jeanne- City of Ember (Fantasy) Haddix, Margaret- The Missing Collection (Mystery) Paolini, Christopher- Eragaon (Fantasy) Scott, Michael- Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (Fantasy) Blumenthal, Karen- Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different Colman, Penny- Rosie the Riveter Fleischman, Sid- Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini Freedman, Russell- Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass Kidd, Chip- Go:A Kidd s Guide to Graphic Design Myers, Walter Dean- The Greatest: Muhammed Ali Paulsen, Gary- How Angel Patterson Got His Name and Other Outrageous Tales About Extreme Sports Woodson, Jacqueline- Brown Girl Dreaming Yousafzai, Malala- I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) Van Draanen, Wendelin- Flipped (Realistic ) Voight, Cynthia- Homecoming (Realistic )

4 8th Grade Summer Reading List Alexander, Kwame- The Crossover (Sports/ in Verse) Campbell, Susan- The Boy Who Dared (Historical ) Cormier, Robert- The Chocolate War (Realistic ) Crutcher, Chris- Whale Talk (Realistic ) Farmer, Nancy- The House of the Scorpion (Science ) Feinstein, John- The Walk On (Sports ) Gratz, Alan- Samurai Shortstop (Historical ) Lasky, Kathryn- True North (Historical ) Lupica, Mike- Heat (Sports ) Mackel, Catherine- Boost (Sports ) Maguire, Gregory- Egg & Spoon (Fantasy) McMann, Lisa- The Unwanteds (Fantasy) Murdoch, Catherine- Dairy Queen (Realistic ) Mussi, Sarah- The Door of No Return (Historical ) Napoli, Donna Jo- Bound (Historical ) Perkins, Mitali- The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen (Realistic ) Schmidt, Gary- Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (Historical ) Dashner, James- The Maze Runner Trilogy (Science ) Lowry, Lois- The Giver Quartet (except The Giver) ((Fantasy) Pullman, Philip- His Dark Materials (Fantasy) Roth, Veronica- Divergent (Sci. ) Scott, Michael- Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (Fantasy) Aronson, Marc- Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science Barakat, Ibtisam- Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood Bartoletti, Susan- Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler s Shadow Blumenthal, Karen- Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different Blumenthal Lazar, Marion-Four Perfect Pebbles Hillenbrand, Laura- Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian s Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive Levine, Karen- Hana s Suitcase: A True Story Murphy, Jim- An American Plague Myers, Walter D- The Greatest: Muhammed Ali Van Wagenen, Maya- Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek White, T.H.- The Once and Future King (Fantasy) Zusak, Markus- The Book Thief (Historical ) Yousafzai, Malala- I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition

5 Story Map Title: SETTING: (where the story takes place) CHARACTERS: (list any characters and important information about them) PROBLEM: Event 1: Event 2: Event 3: Event 4: Event 5: Event 6: Event 7: Event 8: Event 9: Event 10: *You may list additional events on lined paper if more information is needed SOLUTION: (How is the story resolved? How does it end?)